"Visibility is a trap." — Michel Foucault

"Visibility is a trap."

— Michel Foucault

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109 Quotes by Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault has 109 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Chance does not speak essentially through words nor can it be seen in their convolution. It is the eruption of…
To seek in the great accumulation of the already-said the text that resembles "in advance" a later text, to ransack…
Truth is not by nature free-nor error servile-its production is thoroughly imbued with relations of power.
It might be said that all knowledge is linked to the essential forms of cruelty.
The lyricism of marginality may find inspiration in the image of the outlaw, the great social nomad, who prowls on…
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
People can tolerate two homosexuals they see leaving together, but the next day they're smiling, holding hands, tenderly embracing one…
Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in…
I wasn't always smart, I was actually very stupid in school [T]here was a boy who was very attractive who…
I belong to that generation who, as students, had before their eyes, and were limited by, a horizon consisting of…
What makes power hold good, what makes it accepted, is simply the fact that it doesn't only weigh on us…
It's not a matter of emancipating truth from every system of power (which would be a chimera, for truth is…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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